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The key decisions you'll have to make, and the benefits to you, and to medical science.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-type"> Fact sheet </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <a href="/resources/doing-research-part-time" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Doing research part-time</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-04-26T00:00:00+01:00">26 April 2018</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>If you're thinking of doing research but are put off by taking a lengthy break from work or studies, consider doing research part time alongside your clinical job. We examine the pros and cons.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-type"> Fact sheet </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <a href="/mock-specialist-certificate-exams-sce" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Mock Specialty Certificate Exams (SCE)</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-05-30T00:00:00+01:00">30 May 2018</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Between 2012 and 2021, the BGS has, as part of the annual Trainees' Weekend, set a mock SCE session in order to support BGS trainees who were preparing to sit the RCP SCE exam. Here we publish the mock questions and answers for each year's session.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional"> <div class="card-content-members-only">Members only</div> </div> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> E-learning </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <a href="/resources/a-career-in-geriatric-medicine" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>A Career in Geriatric Medicine</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-05-22T00:00:00+01:00">22 May 2018</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Providing healthcare to older adults is often extremely challenging. Patients often have multiple long-term conditions, and present to healthcare in atypical ways. Doctors need to be highly competent communicators with knowledge of medical ethics, social care and palliative medicine.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-type"> Fact sheet </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <a href="/resources/out-of-programme-time-maintaining-clinical-skills" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Out of Programme Time: Maintaining clinical skills </h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> First Apr 2018, reviewed Jun 2023 </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>When taking time out of programme (or OOP), it's important to maintain clinical skills and knowledge when medical practice is constantly evolving.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-type"> Fact sheet </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <a href="/resources/why-geriatrics" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Why Geriatrics? </h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-09-17T00:00:00+01:00">17 September 2024</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>In these videos, BGS members and their colleagues share their journeys into geriatrics, and explain why it is such a compelling and rewarding specialty to work in.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional"> <div class="card-content-members-only">Members only</div> </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> Video/podcast </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <a href="/PPGM2024" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>The new Portfolio Pathway in Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-08-15T00:00:00+01:00">15 August 2024</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>From November 2023, the CESR route for Specialist and GP registration changed to the new Portfolio Pathway. Dr Amit Arora (BGS Vice President, Workforce), Dr Saniya Naseer (SAS doctor) and Dr Somaditya Bandyopadhyay (SAS doctor) met with the General Medical Council (GMC) to clarify some common issues and questions for the benefit of our many SAS doctors.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-type"> Fact sheet </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <a href="/resources/delirium-hub-education-and-training" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Delirium Hub: Education and training</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-11-24T00:00:00+00:00">24 November 2021</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This section of the Delirium Hub contains resources which focus on staff training and how to educate patients and relatives.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <a href="/GE2024" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Our manifesto for the general election 2024</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-05-31T00:00:00+01:00">31 May 2024</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>In advance of the general election on 4 July, BGS has outlined ten asks under three themes that the next Government needs to prioritise in order to improve healthcare for older people. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even"> <a href="/CGworkforce" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>The state of the consultant geriatrician workforce: An analysis of the RCP census</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-02-22T00:00:00+00:00">22 February 2024</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This report analyses data from the UK 2022 census of consultant physicians, conducted by the Royal College of Physicians London on behalf of the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK. The latest RCP census was published in 2023 and is based on data collected in 2022.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-type"> Report </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd"> <a href="/BGSworkforce" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>The state of the older people’s healthcare workforce: A report from the BGS membership survey </h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-02-09T00:00:00+00:00">09 February 2024</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This report summarises the findings of a survey of the BGS membership undertaken in late 2023. It provides a snapshot into how our members are feeling about their work and the services they work in. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-type"> Report </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-12 views-row-even"> <a href="/resources/research-hub-helpful-resources" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Research Hub: Helpful resources</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2023-10-18T00:00:00+01:00">18 October 2023</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>A selection of helpful resources to assist in planning, undertaking and publishing your research.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-13 views-row-odd"> <a href="/resources/research-hub-getting-involved-with-research" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Research Hub: Getting involved with research</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2023-10-18T00:00:00+01:00">18 October 2023</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This section of the Research Hub provides an introduction to the topic and looks at how and why to get involved in geriatric medicine research.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> Fact sheet </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-14 views-row-even"> <a href="/resources/agenda-issue-90-workforce" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>AGENDA: Issue 90 | Workforce</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2023-09-11T00:00:00+01:00">11 September 2023</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>As the population of older people increases, so too does the need for healthcare professionals who are trained to provide high-quality care to these complex individuals. This issue explores some of the challenges and solutions to the workforce crisis. <em>This content is limited to members only.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional"> <div class="card-content-members-only">Members only</div> </div> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> Newsletters </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-15 views-row-odd"> <a href="/resources/research-curriculum-competency-toolkit-for-geriatric-medicine-specialist-trainees" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Research Curriculum Competency Toolkit for Geriatric Medicine Specialist Trainees</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2023-07-13T00:00:00+01:00">13 July 2023</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-16 views-row-even"> <a href="/MoreGeriatricians" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>The case for more geriatricians: Strengthening the workforce to care for an ageing population</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2023-05-24T00:00:00+01:00">24 May 2023</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This report examines the geriatrician workforce needed to provide high-quality care for an ageing population with increasingly complex needs.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-type"> Report </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-17 views-row-odd"> <a 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class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2023-02-06T00:00:00+00:00">06 February 2023</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Results of a survey carried out among attendees of the BGS Trainees' Weekend 2022, reflecting on issues relating to study leave and the wider picture for Trainees.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-19 views-row-odd"> <a href="/resources/less-than-full-time-ltft-training-faqs-for-geriatric-medicine-trainees" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Less Than Full Time (LTFT) Training FAQs for Geriatric Medicine Trainees</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2022-11-12T00:00:00+00:00">12 November 2022</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-resource-type"> Fact sheet </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-20 views-row-even views-row-last"> <a href="/resources/agenda-issue-86-education-and-training" class="card resource-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>AGENDA: Issue 86 | Education and training</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2022-10-10T00:00:00+01:00">10 October 2022</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>This issue looks at the evolution of education and training in the field of older people's health, showcasing ways that practitioners can improve and evidence their specialist skills. <em>This content is limited to members only.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional"> <div class="card-content-members-only">Members only</div> </div> <div class="card-resource-series"> In a series </div> <div class="card-resource-type"> Newsletters </div> </div></div></a> </div> </div> <h2 class="element-invisible">Pages</h2><div class="item-list"><ul class="pager"><li class="pager-current first">1</li> <li class="pager-item"><a title="Go to page 2" href="/topics/education-training-and-careers?page=1">2</a></li> <li class="pager-item"><a title="Go to page 3" href="/topics/education-training-and-careers?page=2">3</a></li> <li class="pager-next"><a title="Go to next page" href="/topics/education-training-and-careers?page=1">next ›</a></li> <li class="pager-last last"><a title="Go to last page" href="/topics/education-training-and-careers?page=2">last »</a></li> </ul></div> <div class="attachment 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datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2022-09-01T00:00:00+01:00">01 September 2022</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>The BGS has published a report examining data collected by the RCP on the consultant and Higher Specialty Trainee geriatric medicine workforce.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">News</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <a href="/policy-and-media/congratulations-to-the-winners-of-the-bgs-eama-awards" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Congratulations to the winners of the BGS EAMA Awards</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-10-08T00:00:00+01:00">08 October 2018</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Congratulations to Dr Richard Dodds and Dr Melanie Dani - the winners of the BGS EAMA awards in 2018.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">News</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd views-row-last"> <a href="/policy-and-media/number-of-older-people-with-four-or-more-diseases-will-double-by-2035-say" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Number of older people with four or more diseases will double by 2035, say researchers</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-01-25T00:00:00+00:00">25 January 2018</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">News</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> </div> <div class="view-footer"> <div class="view-results">3 results</div><div class="view-mode"><span class="layout-trigger"><span class="view-mode-label">View as</span><span class="trigger-grid active">Grid</span><span class="trigger-list">List</span></span></div> </div> </div><div class="view view-topic-node view-id-topic_node view-display-id-blogs collapsible-filters match-heights search-page-content-type-tpl views-row-alt-separation row-max-4 view-card-default-palette"> <div class="view-content view-content-main"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <a href="/blog/medical-students-in-qi-%E2%80%93-an-untapped-resource" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Medical Students in QI – an untapped resource </h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2022-11-29T00:00:00+00:00">29 November 2022</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>When I started my quality improvement (QI) project over the summer, I had no idea about the steep learning curve I was about to climb. I had an aim to improve recognition of frailty on the general surgical ward in order to increase appropriate referrals to the Frailty Liaison Team.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <a href="/blog/book-review-essential-geriatrics-fourth-edition-by-henry-j-woodford" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Book Review: Essential Geriatrics (Fourth Edition) by Henry J Woodford</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2022-10-21T00:00:00+01:00">21 October 2022</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Reflecting on my education over the last few years, I think I may have learned most from Twitter. There is a seriously erudite group of geriatricians dropping pearls of wisdom there, of which Dr Henry Woodford is just one.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <a href="/blog/bgs-rising-star-series-over-the-moon" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>BGS Rising Star Series: Over the moon! </h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2022-09-08T00:00:00+01:00">08 September 2022</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>I am over the moon to be awarded the BGS Rising Star Award for Research 2021. Having joined the BGS as an undergraduate student, the Society has been omnipresent throughout my clinical and academic development. From the Amulree Essay Prize to the Young Doctors Education Grant (twice!), to the European Academy for Medicine of Ageing grant, the BGS has supported me in accessing opportunities that have shaped my career thus far.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <a href="/blog/bgs-rising-star-series-the-sky%E2%80%99s-the-limit" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>BGS Rising Star Series: The sky’s the limit</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2022-09-01T00:00:00+01:00">01 September 2022</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>It was of course an honour to receive the BGS Rising Star award, five years ago in 2017. An unexpected benefit of this was the photograph taken of the then President Dr Eileen Burns, presenting me with the award, which now appears regularly as a stock photo in BGS comms.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <a href="/blog/speakers-series-sail-her-up-the-west-coast" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Speakers Series: Sail her up the West Coast</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2022-08-19T00:00:00+01:00">19 August 2022</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Despite Prof. Bernard Isaacs (a fellow Scot) naming incontinence as one of the geriatric giants in the 1960s (along with immobility, instability, and impaired intellect/memory), it was still a topic that, decades later, was not taught (at least not well enough to recollect) during my undergraduate days. Speaking to care of the elderly registrars, this is largely unchanged. It wasn’t until I started working as a registrar for (the fantastic) Vikky Morris at Musgrove Park Hospital that I gained insight to issues that those with continence problems face. Having Vikky as an enthusiastic teacher really helped pique my interest in bowel and bladder health.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <a href="/blog/training-the-future-doctors-in-hospital-at-home-the-integrated-care-fellows-training-programme" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Training the future doctors in Hospital at Home: the Integrated Care Fellows Training Programme</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2022-07-15T00:00:00+01:00">15 July 2022</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>With the national agenda to create virtual wards has come an increasing demand to develop Hospital at Home (hospital@home, H@H) services. Guys and St Thomas’ H@H, operational since 2014, “takes the ward to the patient’s home”.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <a href="/blog/gerontology-for-geriatricians-%E2%80%93-with-style" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Gerontology for Geriatricians – with Style</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2022-07-06T00:00:00+01:00">06 July 2022</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>One of the key challenges of being a geriatrician is to be able to gain a sense of the wider perspective of ageing. Although geriatricians and gerontological nurses are the gerontologists who have the most day-to-day contact with older people, this is often with those who are frail and living with multimorbidity.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <a href="/blog/well-how-did-i-get-here-how-working-in-healthcare-is-shaping-my-medical-studies" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Well... how did I get here? How working in healthcare is shaping my medical studies</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-11-29T00:00:00+00:00">29 November 2021</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Michael Allcock had never really given medicine as a career any serious thought growing up, until a stint at an Acute Frailty Unit (AFU) led him to find his passion.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <a href="/blog/welcome-to-our-new-bgs-officers" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Welcome to our new BGS officers!</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-11-24T00:00:00+00:00">24 November 2021</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>The BGS Autumn Meeting 2021 marks the beginning of the term of office for a number of new BGS officers. We are incredibly grateful for the energy and commitment that all our officers bring to their roles.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even"> <a href="/blog/a-new-book-of-sce-questions-for-geriatric-medicine-but-why-another-one" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>A new book of SCE questions for geriatric medicine. But why? Another one?</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-07-30T00:00:00+01:00">30 July 2021</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Dr Duncan Forsyth’s co-authored book is one of the best specialty certificate examination (SCE) geriatrics books on the market. In fact, it is one of the only SCE geriatrics books on the market.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd"> <a href="/blog/a-summary-of-the-bgs-scotland-spring-meeting-2021" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>A summary of the BGS Scotland Spring Meeting 2021 </h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-07-12T00:00:00+01:00">12 July 2021</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>The leadership and enthusiasm of the BGS Scottish Council, along with the support of the BGS conference team, ensured that the BGS Scottish Spring Meeting was back on the calendar for 2021. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-12 views-row-even"> <a href="/blog/my-brilliant-career%E2%80%A6as-an-sas-doctor" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>My Brilliant Career…as an SAS doctor</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-07-08T00:00:00+01:00">08 July 2021</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Even as a medical student I was drawn to elderly patients, but as a Senior House Officer (SHO) in a busy London hospital I soon found that I did not thrive on the acute ward.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-13 views-row-odd"> <a href="/blog/final-call-for-your-favourite-poetry-and-prose-on-ageing" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Final call for your favourite poetry and prose on ageing!</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-06-18T00:00:00+01:00">18 June 2021</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Who do you think wrote the best poem on ageing? Could it be Yeats, Keats, Frost, Cope, Barrett Browning, Wordsworth, or even Shakespeare? </p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-14 views-row-even"> <a href="/blog/do-you-dare-to-care" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3> Do you Dare to Care?</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-06-15T00:00:00+01:00">15 June 2021</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Do you dare to care? We have typically been called into our professional roles because we want to directly care for others. If not, we might have been technicians or scientists instead of healthcare professionals.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-15 views-row-odd"> <a href="/blog/chair-of-the-trainees-council-expressions-of-interest-now-open" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Chair of the Trainees Council: Expressions of interest now open!</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-06-10T00:00:00+01:00">10 June 2021</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Would I recommend the role? 100% yes! It really has been a brilliant opportunity! I have felt warmly invited into the BGS family and have also loved getting to know the other trainee officers in the other roles on the council.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-16 views-row-even"> <a href="/blog/a-review-of-%E2%80%98emergence%E2%80%99" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>A review of ‘Emergence’</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-03-31T00:00:00+01:00">31 March 2021</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>I was delighted and intrigued when I first heard about Emergence, an anthology of prose and poetry related to ageing, all nominated by clinicians working with older adults in Ireland. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-17 views-row-odd"> <a href="/blog/the-newest-centenarians-on-the-block" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>The newest centenarians on the block</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-03-29T00:00:00+01:00">29 March 2021</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>The benefits of using podcasts as tools for learning and reflection in undergraduate and professional settings are now well documented. Podcasts provide mobile, accessible content which can be supplementary and complementary to the more formal and established ways of learning that we have been used to, and more people are discovering these benefits all the time.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-18 views-row-even"> <a href="/blog/what-is-meant-by-%E2%80%9Cfrailty%E2%80%9D-in-the-context-of-undergraduate-medical-education" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>What is meant by “Frailty” in the context of undergraduate medical education?</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-03-26T00:00:00+00:00">26 March 2021</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>I talk about frailty a lot. I hear the word ‘frailty’ a lot. In the clinical environment, across academic literature, in the media to describe weakened politicians and even from my 3-year-old son (courtesy of the snail).</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-19 views-row-odd"> <a href="/blog/the-healing-arts" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>The healing arts</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-03-04T00:00:00+00:00">04 March 2021</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>As clinicians, we are aware of the complex interplay between physical, psychological and social aspects of illness and health. And yet when the pressure of work is intense we sometimes neglect our own wellbeing.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-20 views-row-even views-row-last"> <a href="/blog/vaccines-bring-hope-%E2%80%93-now-we-need-to-address-the-psychological-impact-of-the-pandemic" class="card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>Vaccines bring hope – now we need to address the psychological impact of the pandemic</h3> </div> <div class="card-date-display-override"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-02-16T00:00:00+00:00">16 February 2021</span> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>As we come up to a year since COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization and ‘normal’ life as we knew it was halted, BGS President Dr Jennifer Burns reflects on what has happened over the past year.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-views-conditional-1"> <div class="card-type">Blog</div> </div> </div></div></a> </div> </div> <h2 class="element-invisible">Pages</h2><div class="item-list"><ul class="pager"><li class="pager-current first">1</li> <li class="pager-item"><a title="Go to page 2" href="/topics/education-training-and-careers?page=1">2</a></li> <li class="pager-item"><a title="Go to page 3" href="/topics/education-training-and-careers?page=2">3</a></li> <li class="pager-next"><a title="Go to next page" href="/topics/education-training-and-careers?page=1">next ›</a></li> <li class="pager-last last"><a title="Go to last page" href="/topics/education-training-and-careers?page=2">last »</a></li> </ul></div> <div class="view-footer"> <div class="view-results">45 results</div><div class="view-mode"><span class="layout-trigger"><span class="view-mode-label">View as</span><span class="trigger-grid active">Grid</span><span class="trigger-list">List</span></span></div> </div> </div><div class="view view-topic-node view-id-topic_node view-display-id-events collapsible-filters match-heights search-page-content-type-tpl views-row-alt-separation row-max-4 view-card-default-palette"> <div class="view-content view-content-main"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <a href="/events/2025-spring-meeting" class="card event-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>2025 Spring Meeting</h3> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> Live 9 - 11 April 2025. 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17.30 GMT </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>BGS Webinar on IMT applications</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-event-type"> Webinar </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd"> <a href="/events/2023-g4j-geriatrics-4-juniors" class="card event-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>2023 G4J (Geriatrics 4 Juniors)</h3> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> Live 10:00 - 16:00 11 November 2023 On demand to 11 November 2024 </div> <div class="card-city"> <div class="card-location">ONLINE</div> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Geriatrics for Juniors is a one-day conference, designed for Foundation Doctors, Internal Medical, GP Trainees, and Specialist Nurse Practitioners. It aims to deliver relevant and useful clinical updates in all the main sub-specialties of Geriatric Medicine, in order to improve the standard of care for older patients.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-event-type"> Virtual Meeting </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-12 views-row-even"> <a href="/events/2023-leadership-and-management-course" class="card event-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>2023 Leadership and Management Course</h3> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> 4- 5 November 2023 </div> <div class="card-city"> <div class="card-location">Nottingham</div> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>A two-day residential course specifically designed for those in training roles in geriatric medicine, moving into senior roles. This course focuses on management and leadership issues that affect health services for older people.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-event-type"> Trainee Meeting </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-13 views-row-odd"> <a href="/events/2023-g-4-everyone" class="card event-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>2023 G 4 Everyone </h3> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> Live 14 October 2023 On demand to 14 October 2024 </div> <div class="card-city"> <div class="card-location">Belfast</div> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Geriatrics for Everyone is a free-to-attend one-day conference. It is for all in training or wishing to develop their knowledge and skills around older people medicine.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="card-footer"> <div class="card-event-type"> Trainee Meeting </div> </div></div></a> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-14 views-row-even"> <a href="/Spring23" class="card event-card"> <div class="card-text"><div class="card-content"> <div class="card-title"> <h3>2023 Spring Meeting </h3> </div> <div class="card-display-date"> Live 17-19 May 2023 - Available On demand until 19 May 2024 </div> <div class="card-city"> <div class="card-location">Edinburgh</div> </div> <div class="card-summary"> <div class="card-summary-wrapper"> <div class="card-summary"> <p>Live in Edinburgh and online 17-19 May. 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